The Rich, the Affluent and the Top Incomes:

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" The Rich, the Affluent and the Top Incomes: "
Medeiros, Marcelo; Ferreira de Souza, Pedro H.G.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	911960
Doc. No	:	LA6070n04v
Title & Author	:	The Rich, the Affluent and the Top Incomes:. A Literature Review [Article]\ Medeiros, Marcelo; Ferreira de Souza, Pedro H.G.
Date	:	2014
Title of Periodical	:	UC Berkeley
Abstract	:	We review the literature about the rich, the affluent and the top incomes focusing in two issues: identification and measurement, and the analysis of the determinants of richness. The review discusses data sources, indicators, populations and units of analysis used for the identification of the rich, approaches used to construct affluence lines and measures of richness. It also surveysempirical results about the composition of the incomes of the rich and the role of direct determinants of richness, such as individual characteristics, the State and the structure of production. We cover literature since the early twentieth century but give special attention to the research conducted after the 2000s.